Armin van Buuren
New single featuring Trevor Guthrie
‘This Is What It Feels Like’
released 5th May 2013 on Positiva

Positiva will be releasing Armin Van Buuren’s new single ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ on 5th May. With its fusion of dance, rock and pop ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ showcase’s Armin’s expanding musical directions. Armin collaborated on the track with Canadian singer-songwriter Trevor Guthrie. The legendary Dutch DJ/producer first premiered his new single ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ on Pete Tong’s Radio One show. More recently, the singer of the single, Trevor Guthrie, did a special live performance of the track during Armin’s set at Ultra Music Festival in Miami.

Being the world’s number 1 DJ sees the Dutch DJ perform at some of the world’s biggest and best festivals, clubs, events and shows. One of the highlights of 2010 was Armin’s DJ set at the Museumplein in Amsterdam in July, during the honoring of the Dutch soccer team. Even though the national team lost in the FIFA Worldcup, they partied like they were the absolute winners, and so did the 200,000 strong crowd. More recently Armin sold out a 15,000 capacity show at the famous Madison Square Gardens in New York on March 30.

‘This Is What It Feels Like’ is the first single from Armin Van Buuren’s new album, ‘Intense’. ‘Intense’ has been a few years in the making and is his highly anticipated fifth artist album. It is the follow-up to his golden-record winning ‘Mirage’ album. ‘Intense’ will be an eye opener for fans and new converts alike as it blends various styles within the electronic dance music spectrum. Positiva will release the album ‘Intense’ on May 6th.

Franck Roger was there in the beginning. From his allegiance with Real Tone Records to commissions from legends such as Masters At Work, he has given many years of service to the groove. ‘Extensions Of Yesterday’ is a testament to his slow and calm evolution, staying true to his fundamental sound without ever resting for too long.

Roger represents that most dependable and humble of talents; never following the hype or tapping into overused approaches. Only ever delivering one previous album, Circus Company now bring to light an overdue long-player that embraces the classical nature of a true house music great, while writing a new chapter in his on-going story.

With ‘Extensions Of Yesterday’ the Parisien talent hopes to inspire people to slow down and invest more time in their craft in a fast-pace age where imitating is the norm. “This is my vision of where house music is today, looking at the past but also focused on the future and exploring music creation and sound design as an investment. The more money and time put into the music, the longer it will last.”

Firepower Records is notorious for bringing together some of the bass music’s most sought after producers, and fourteen releases deep Datsik continues to keep his catalogue as fresh and on-point as ever. Having worked with artists such as Tyga, Gucci Mane, Travis Porter, Trouble, 12th Planet, and Brillz in the past, here Antiserum and Mayhem collide for the next installment on Firepower and release two bass laden bombs, ‘Bangladesh’ and ‘Trippy’.

Fusing an array of styles Antiserum and Mayhem conquer untouched ground and unleash their own vibrant take on trap music. Combining its hypnotic sampling with skittering hi-hats and clipped vocals, ‘Bangladesh’ conjures up plenty of heat with its drawn out bass drop and warped synths. Up next ‘Trippy’ breaks through with its southern swagger and bumping 808 bassline. A cascade of swirling synths soon gives way to bubbling, psychedelic synths to create a powerful club ready record with the credentials to match.

Antiserum and Mayhem are pioneering the trap genre, fusing it with elements of dubstep and pushing the envelope as they do things that haven’t been done before. This hasn’t gone unnoticed and they have had support from some of bass music’s most respected tastemakers including Andy C, TeeBee, Dieselboy, Noisia, Black Sun Empire, Skrillex, Diplo, Datsik, and Flux Pavillion. With Datsik giving them the seal of approval for Firepower you can expect to hear lots more from these innovative producers in 2013.

– SIS’ 2nd album ‘Confidance’ charts his journey training as a horse whisperer

– Mysterious and elusive, his first releases on Ricardo Villalobos’ label and Cecille catapulted him to fame being named ‘Producer of the Year’ by Germany’s Groove Magazine and Raveline’s ‘Newcomer Of the Year’ 2008

– His recent releases on Crosstown Rebels and Get Physical have seen a return to form, expressing his wild, untapped musical passion

– Released on his own label, Cocolino it will include 10 bonus tracks from SIS with special remixes and dancefloor edits of some of SIS’ favourite tracks

There is a wild unbridled energy to Burak Sar aka SIS. At any moment, he will change character; each one of his faces is as emotionally believable as the next. The mischievous schoolboy, the brooding artist, the entertaining clown, the lovable rogue; with hints of criminality, insanity, and tortured genius all in one, and yet, as real and deep as the ink that covers his arms and chest.

That volatile mix is just who SIS is. With Turkish genes, a German upbringing, and a deviant teenage life that saw him tussle with ganglife, SIS is the exact opposite of the cardboard cut-out, squeaky clean radio DJ, his musical style red raw and smoky, as if cut straight from his soul. ‘Confidance’ is worldly wise and complex, much like the man himself. The 10-track longplayer is like an onion, you hear something new with each listen, peeling back its layers. Still a dancefloor album, it houses multiple personalities, world influences, and rampant passion.

Last Friday, Armin van Buuren premiered the first single of his upcoming ‘Intense’ album on Pete Tong’s BBC Radio 1 show. ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ featuring Trevor Guthrie, will be released on April 5th, the same day that the pre-order for ‘Intense’ starts. This week, the album has also been signed to the legendary Positiva Records for UK and Eire territory. The Dutch DJ/producer, who’s currently in the middle of his A State of Trance 600 world tour, proudly presents the album that’s more out-of-the-box than ever before.

‘Intense’ is the highly anticipated fifth artist album of the world’s number one DJ, Armin van Buuren. The follow-up to his golden-record winning ‘Mirage’ album has been 2 years in the making, resulting in a long player that blends various styles within the EDM spectrum. ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ is the perfect example, fusing dance, rock and pop music. For the track, Armin collaborated with Canadian singer-songwriter Trevor Guthrie, ex-member of 90’s pop-band SoulDecision. The original being perfect for radio play and mainstream purposes, the official remixes of the single will be released on Armin’s Armind label in April.

The official music video for ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ was shot in the great Nevada desert, in between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. A teaser of the video can be found here on YouTube here: http://youtu.be/LNo6w9u9N-w

For his current world tour, A State of Trance 600 ‘The Expedition’, Armin will be travelling to Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Miami, Guatemala, New York and Den Bosch in the next coming weeks. For more info, check www.astateoftrance.com.

In 2002 Sandwell District commenced operations. Over the course of ten active years, they were responsible for disarming and destabilizing the structures that gagged free-form expression, drawing upon tenets of DIY-post-punk culture to disrupt accepted ideas of exactly what it meant to be an artist, label, DJ or producer. During this time, the collective’s core members, Regis and Function (along with label partner, Silent Servant), played a key role in broadening the link between early electronic, post-punk, and noise; an influence which continues to resonate in the burgeoning, and shape-shifting, modern-day techno scene.

“I outlined some sections/tracks that I thought might work with his, I sent him rough 10 minute drafts for him to listen to and try and work into the main flow. The final mixdown was done by Dave, as he had gone over the whole mix hundreds of times fine tuning the detail, it made sense for him to execute the mix proper.” – Regis